LiveCode for FM brings the easy English based coding of LiveCode to the much loved FileMaker database app builder on both Mac and Windows. The convergence of these two powerful technologies creates a ground breaking solution for creating native data driven apps with interactive user interfaces, multimedia and deep API integration.

A Natural Partnership
LiveCode has its roots in HyperCard, the natural coding language released by Apple in the 80's, the same era that Apple also introduced FileMaker. Over the last 15 years LiveCode has gone from strength to strength and now comes full circle to empower FileMaker users everywhere.

A Game Changer
FileMaker excels at providing data driven capabilities while LiveCode excels at native app centric features. By running LiveCode applications within FileMaker a whole new class of interactive app can now be created rapidly by using the unique strengths from each environment.

By combining LiveCode and FileMaker, users can build more sophisticated apps. Users can:

- Display fully interactive content built in LiveCode within FileMaker
- Use LiveCode’s incredibly rich, deep feature set, with 30+ fully customizable interface objects and 5000+ language features built-in, plus flexible widgets and community built libraries for even the most sophisticated project
- Continue to use all of FileMaker’s great data toolset and rich business app building features
- Integrate external systems including OS and complex web APIs
- Create solutions on both Mac and Windows
- Create solutions within FileMaker 14, 15 and 16
- Embed custom components/functions/forms into your solutions with the plugin to deliver to clients
- Add functions that are currently difficult or impossible in FileMaker, for example:

LiveCode for FM includes a variety of editable samples to help you get started quickly, including a permanently free Dropbox connection utility, a connector to Google Drive, Take Photo tool, PDF selection tool, dialog editor, Script Workspace and Interactive Tutorial to show you how to build your own content.

Kevin Miller, CEO of LiveCode Ltd., said:

"I'm delighted to announce the release of LiveCode for FM version 1.0. LiveCode for FileMaker lets you do things with FileMaker that you couldn’t do before. FileMaker has a great visual database engine, LiveCode is good at doing sophisticated interactive app user interfaces and integrating with any API out there. The two are very complementary to each other. The LiveCode language is based on English so not only can you now do more than you could ever do before with FileMaker, you can do it easier and faster.”

Richard Carlton of Carlton Consulting, in a training video he has made for using the LiveCode for FM Dropbox component, said:

"LiveCode extends the capabilities of the FileMaker platform. The LiveCode dropbox capability, I set up and wired in myself - I got it running in 10 minutes. Pretty awesome. This is simple!"

"I'm definitely looking forward to playing with this more. The timing for [LiveCode for FM] is really great because the release of FileMaker 16 means people are looking to do all these really cool things with data from other sources. Now ... you can also do all these really cool UI things together with the data from these other services and with FileMaker. [LiveCode for FM] can become a really important hub application."